I know its not a purist setup with the ideal all tube amp and vintage speakers, but i built my setup around diversity and being able to get a wide variety of sounds from a single set up.
I know there are a lot of people who limit themselves to a single genre or even subgenre of music. Personally i think doing so is just immature or shows a lack of true interest in music as a whole. I am a metal fan, i play in a metal band, and my guitars are all made for metal. But i also find joy in listening to things like jazz, classical, and other types of rock music. I honestly think that even by listening to other types of music i become a better musician as new music opens up new creative doors for me. Id recomend anyone reading this to try listening to something they have never really heard before, or never really gotten into. You never know how new music will inspire you.
As I close my eyes, I try to believe a lie That compassion is rewarded Many are the walking dead Singing a dirge of regret in vain Worshiping idols, instead of their own selves. Stepping stones of judgment- Of a false image of hearts displayed
Wants and needs, are distorted Through a violent act of blame Some many discontented What is taught is misleading What is told crushes the spirit How far must this generation fall before we tighten the noose around its neck How much more can we mourn for ourselves? This way of living miserably
Modern gods on the television set Everybody wants to be a rock-star our intentions were unimpeachable-for what you made us ask for
Depression seeping deeper into us And this world we hold accounted for compassion is a crime, insecurity is our punishment
Sweep picking is probably my favorite technique. Probably because now that i can sweep pick i feel like i accomplished something. I had to play guitar a year before i learned how to sweet but i was learning all the other stuff first. Now after a good 10 years of playing sweeps are just fun to play. I dont use them in songs so much because its easy to loose a crowd if you just sweep all the time but it sure makes for fun warm ups.
If anyone has any tab request let me know. Im not saying im always perfect with my tabs or just some freak of nature that can tab anything but im usually pretty accurate and given time i can tab most anything. I just think tabbing stuff out is fun and am always up for a challange or tabbing something to help someone out.
Only thing...no country tabs haha. Sorry, i just dont go there.
Every time i go to a guitar store there are certain rules most guitarist know to follow. Some of these "rules" include but are not limited to....
1. dont play stairway to heaven, eruption, smoke on the water, etc...
2. always tune the guitar first. nothing makes you look more like a noob than picking up a guitar and playing it when the tuning is out of whack
3. dont act like a badass or guitar hero, cause it makes you look like a fag.
4. Dont try to play metal on a fender(or similar) amp, it just shows how little you know about amps.
5. dont play the same little fancy riff that you just learned on every guitar and ever amp, all it proves is that you are an annoying little bugger.
Im still just ammused by guitar stores still because the funniest crap always happens in them. Ive seen people break strings, ive seen owners take guitars away from kids for playing gay songs(fall out boy etc.) ive seen the kid try to show off for his girlfriend by playing a greenday song only to have me come pull off some paul gilbert sweeps next to him. Idk i could write all day about all the funny things that happen in guitar stores and all the fun things you can do to embarass the noobs in them. Im not saying im a pro by any means, but i know what and what not to do in guitar stores. Guitar stores really do have their own culture.
Im doing a college paper on the effects of internet on the music industry. Im a music industries/classical guitar major and i have my own ideas abouut downloading music. I just want to know what you think about it, any information would be great. Im just curious...
I think it is only beneficial to be able to play multiple styles of music, being a well rounded player is key to becoming the best player you can be. At the same time does anyone else feel like they are betraying themselves when they actually try to write a song outside of their usual genre for whatever reason? It may be trying to write a metal song to headbang to, or a soft lullaby to impress your girlfriend with, or an emo song to fit in with the crowd. For example, i love all types of music but when it comes to guitar i am a metal head. I play all sorts of stuff but i write metal music, i cant help it, metal music just flows out of me (not saying its any good) But i have tried to write soft songs a few times (My Ballerina, My Crazy Diamond) and they are huge failures. I think its great to be able to play many different styles of music, but i think you should let the music flow out of you, not try to force out something your not.
So i recorded the office theme song. It was a quick little recording to take up time between a few classes. This was the first song i recorded using the Line 6 gearbox software. I must say i was quite pleased with the guitar sounds. Garage Band worked amazing as always...
if you havent listened to it already...you should.
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